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Published: November 23, 2008

VIDEO: THE MINIMALIST TACKLES THANKSGIVING

If you are plagued by recurring nightmares of Thanksgiving dinner, not to fear. A video of Mark Bittman demonstrating how to prepare a whole roasted turkey in under 45 minutes. Also, a video on how to carve a turkey to get as much meat as possible. And a Thanksgiving Topic Page of recipes (like savoy cabbage slaw with applesauce vinaigrette and mustard seeds, far left, and chocolate-pumpkin layer cake), articles and other Thanksgiving resources.

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SLIDESHOW: LAB ON THE WATER

Images of the Science Barge, a nautical lab that will showcase sustainable urban farming on the Yonkers waterfront. Below, Anne Megaro from Grandwork Hudson Valley, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group and the barge's new owner, trains to get ready for the lab's opening in December.

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AUDIO: A WHIRLWIND MAESTRO MAKES A DEBUT AT THE MET

Clips from performances by Daniel Barenboim, an Argentine-born Israeli conductor living in Berlin, who will make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera this week. Also, audio from Mr. Barenboim's press conference and an excerpt from his new book, ''Music Quickens Time'' (Verso Books).

nytimes.com/arts

VIDEO: VOWS: ERIN & KENT

''I know it's sort of unusual -- in New York anyway -- to meet at church,'' Erin Schulte admits. She married Kent Collier at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, where they met, in 2006.

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VIDEO: SEARCH ENGINEERS

Basement hackers and amateur mathematicians are competing to improve the program that Netflix uses to recommend DVDs. They share their ideas, and how they plan to win the $1 million grand prize.

nytimes.com/magazine

VIDEO: A GROWING BURDEN

An interview with Marie Hinkel, who was left with overwhelming debt after her husband died, and she was forced to take out a reverse mortgage and put the apartment up for sale.

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INTERACTIVE: PRIVATE SCREENING

A guide to new multimedia gadgets, like digital photo frames and noise-canceling headphones.

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Opinion

VIDEO: BOOKS NOT BOMBS

Video of Nicholas D. Kristof visiting a grade school in rural Pakistan. ''The United States has squandered more than $10 billion on Pakistan since 9/11,'' Mr. Kristof writes. Meanwhile, private donations from Pakistani-Americans are queitly financing a more important campaign in the fight against fundamentalism: education.

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SLIDESHOW: A STRUGGLING MASPETH DINER

Pictures of a Queens diner that is losing once faithful customers: truckers. They are avoiding the diner because of an uptick in parking tickets on nearby streets.